The High Price of Patriotism The High Price of Patriotism
It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away.
Oct 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms
Prospective winners (drone makers) and losers (Iraqis, Afghans and Americans) in the "War on Terror."
Oct 26, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Neocon Hatchetman at AEI Denounces Talks With Taliban Neocon Hatchetman at AEI Denounces Talks With Taliban
Michael Rubin, AEI's boy wonder, is point man for the coming neoconservative assault on President Obama's Afghanistan exit strategy.
Oct 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade
A liberal Ohio senator uses an unfortunate baseball analogy.
Oct 18, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Palestine: Ambassador Warns That Time Is Running Out for Two-State Solution Palestine: Ambassador Warns That Time Is Running Out for Two-State Solution
Only two years left before Palestinians may give up on the idea. What's left? A single, binational state.
Oct 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iraq: New Alliance Takes Shape Against Maliki-Sadr Bloc Iraq: New Alliance Takes Shape Against Maliki-Sadr Bloc
Syria, Turkey in critical behind-the-scenes role.
Oct 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’ China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’
China is slowly winning control of the Greater Middle East and Central Asia's energy supplies with deals, strategy and lots of pipe.
Oct 12, 2010 / Pepe Escobar
In China-Bashing in the 2010 Election, Echoes of the Cold War In China-Bashing in the 2010 Election, Echoes of the Cold War
Democrats and Republicans are trying to outdo each other by blaming China for America's decline.
Oct 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking
Finally, after ten years, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Oct 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq
Seven months after Iraq's parliamentary election, there’s the first glimmer of a chance that an Iraqi government coalition might be within reach.
Oct 5, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss